Port of Seattle says ransomware breach impacts 90,000 people

​Port of Seattle, the U.S. government agency overseeing Seattle's seaport and airport, is notifying roughly 90,000 individuals of a data breach after their personal information was stolen in an August 2024 ransomware attack. The agency disclosed the attack on August 24, saying the resulting IT outage disrupted multiple services and systems, including reservation check-in systems, passenger display boards, the Port of Seattle website, the flySEA app, and delayed flights at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Three weeks after the initial disclosure, the Port confirmed that the Rhysida ransomware operation was behind the August 2024 breach. After the incident, the Port also decided not to give in to the cybercriminals' demands to pay for a decryptor even though they threatened to publish stolen data on their dark web leak site. "We have refused to pay the ransom demanded, and as a result, the actor may respond by posting data they claim to have stolen on their darkweb site," the Po ... Read full article.